About This Touch
Duration: 20 minutes 3 seconds
Colon Colorectal Oncology Comfort Support
Overview
The Colon & Colorectal Oncology Comfort Support Touch File is designed to support relaxation, emotional calm, and restorative rest for members receiving care for colon, rectal, or colorectal cancer.
It may be used before appointments, during waiting periods, after treatment, or as part of your evening wellness routine to encourage a peaceful, restorative environment.
Every person's experience with colorectal cancer is unique. Allow this Touch File to become a quiet space for relaxation and comfort while you continue receiving care from your oncology team.
This Touch File is intended solely to support your overall wellness. It is not a treatment for cancer or a substitute for professional medical care.
Intended to Support
This Touch File is designed to support:
- Calm before colorectal oncology appointments
- Relaxation during colonoscopy, biopsy, pathology, laboratory, or scan waiting periods
- Digestive comfort and relaxation
- Emotional readiness before surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy
- Relaxation related to ostomy-related stress, when appropriate
- Recovery following medical appointments or treatments
- Evening relaxation and sleep preparation
- Rest during palliative care when approved by your care team
- Emotional well-being throughout your care journey
Medical & Safety Notice
Continue following the care plan provided by your oncology team. This Touch File is designed to complement—not replace—your medical care.
Please continue following recommendations regarding:
- Medications
- Treatment schedules
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Imaging and laboratory appointments
- Hydration
- Nutrition
- Wound care
- Ostomy care, when applicable
- Follow-up appointments
For your safety:
- Do not use this Touch File during medical examinations, treatment instructions, consent discussions, procedures, radiation positioning, or infusion activity.
- Do not use it if it prevents you from hearing your care team, family members, medical equipment, alarms, or your call bell.
- Use while comfortably seated or resting.
- Keep the volume at a comfortable listening level.
- Stop using the Touch File if it causes dizziness, nausea, headache, confusion, agitation, increased discomfort, emotional distress, or sleep disruption.
How to Use This Touch File
Recommended Use: One session whenever additional relaxation and emotional support would be helpful.
Helpful Times to Use:
- Appointment days
- Colonoscopy, biopsy, laboratory, or scan waiting periods
- Treatment days
- Recovery days
- Digestive comfort routines
- Evening relaxation
- Before sleep
Treatment Days: Use this Touch File before leaving home or after returning home, provided you feel comfortable and medically stable. Do not use it during active treatments, medical procedures, or while receiving important instructions from your healthcare team.
Optional Additional Use: A second session may be used if well tolerated. Allow at least 6 hours between sessions.
Suggested Use
- Three to seven days per week during periods of active treatment or increased stress
- Adjust use according to your comfort and energy level
- If you feel unusually fatigued, consider taking a rest day before resuming use
- Do not play this Touch File continuously or overnight
Combining With Other QHS Touch Files
- Use only one QHS Touch File at a time.
- Allow at least 6 hours between different Touch Files.
- During active treatment, avoid combining this Touch File with detoxification, inflammation, endocrine, immune, digestive, deep sleep, or organ-specific Touch Files unless they have become part of your established wellness routine and are well tolerated.
- If you experience fatigue, dizziness, sensory overload, or increased discomfort, reduce use to one Touch File per day or pause use.
When to Pause Use
Stop using this Touch File and contact your oncology team immediately if you experience:
- Fever or signs of infection
- Severe abdominal pain
- Rigid or hard abdomen
- Severe rectal bleeding
- Black or tarry stool
- Persistent vomiting
- Inability to pass stool or gas after surgery, when concerning
- Difficulty breathing
- Chest pain
- Sudden weakness
- Sudden neurologic changes
- New severe leg swelling
- Uncontrolled diarrhea
- Severe dehydration
- Confusion
- Severe or uncontrolled pain
- Medication reaction concerns
- Surgical wound concerns
- Ostomy concerns
- Port or line concerns
- New swelling or calf pain
- Rapidly worsening symptoms
- Any situation requiring immediate medical attention
Suggested Wellness Journal
After each session, consider noting:
- Date and time
- When you used the Touch File
- Your comfort level before and after
- Your stress or anxiety level before and after
- Digestive comfort
- Sleep quality following evening use
- Your overall sense of calm and well-being
- Any questions to discuss with your oncology team
Keeping a simple wellness journal may help you recognize patterns and reflect on your wellness journey over time.
Important Disclaimer
The QHS Colon & Colorectal Oncology Comfort Support Touch File is intended solely to support relaxation, emotional calm, appointment readiness, post-treatment recovery, digestive comfort, sleep preparation, and general wellness alongside traditional medical care.
It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, reverse, slow, or manage colon cancer, rectal cancer, colorectal cancer, bowel malignancy, treatment response, or any other medical condition.
Please continue following all recommendations provided by your oncology team and consult qualified healthcare professionals regarding treatment decisions, persistent symptoms, or any urgent medical concerns.